The Summer in Ibaraki (directed by Jeon Sung-ho, 2015), documentary film produced by Busan MBC was released in Tokyo on April 14th. After it was invited to the Osaka Asian Film Festival in March 2016, it was released in Osaka on November 5th of the same year. Since then, it has been released in Kyoto, Kobe, Nagoya and Tokyo. It is regarded to be unusual that such a documentary was released in major cities of Japan and Korean documentary has gained good responses.

The Summer in Ibaraki tells the story of Korean traditional culture club at Kunkuk high school located in Osaka, Japan. They have represented Osaka in Japan Students Cultural Art Festival for ten years. In 2014, nine members of the club won third place for Jisinbalgi, a Korean traditional performance. Meanwhile, the documentary’s Japanese title is Dengei, a quickname of their club. 

The documentary about Korean-Japanese teenagers who try not to forget their roots was first aired as Busan MBC’s two-part special documentary, in the name of Challenge of Seonhwa in November 2014, and was created in theatrical documentary film, The Summer in Ibaraki. In addition, it was released domestically in August 2015 and was invited to various film festivals such as Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival, Jecheon International Music & Film Festival, DMZ International Documentary Film Festival and Diaspora Film Festival.